Analysis of Autumn Song
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
'WILL you not walk the woods with me?
The shafts of sunlight burn
On many a golden-crested tree
And many a russet fern.
The Summer's robe is dyed anew,
And Autumn's veil of mist
Is gemmed with little pearls of dew
Where first we met and kissed.'
'I will not walk the woodlands brown
Where ghosts and mists are blown,
But I will walk the lonely down
And I will walk alone.
Where Night spreads out her mighty wing
And dead days keep their tryst,
There will I weep the woods of Spring
Where first we met and kissed.'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 01111 110010101 0100101 01011101 010111 11110111 111101 1111011 110111 11110101 011101 11110101 011111 11110111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 520 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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